Pregnancy Fitness Dvd: Body By Trimester (February 10, 2012)

You won't be disappointed!
Pre-pregnancy on a typical week I'd be sweating along to one of Jillian Michael's DVDs or P90x. So finding a GOOD prenatal DVD was very important to me. Prior to becoming pregnant, I did a lot of research- watched a lot of clips on YouTube. To me, a lot of prenatal workout DVD previews I saw lacked the challenge I was seeking. Then I found Body by Trimester and knew it would be a must buy.

I purchased Body by Trimester the week I found out I was pregnant. I've been following Joy's workouts since about week six of pregnancy. I LOVE these workouts! I exercise first thing in the morning and Joy's personality is bubbly, motivating and not mention she is adorable. I never feel irritated or annoyed by listening to the same workout every week. Joy's workouts are a series of supersets that are targeted towards the areas that have the most change during pregnancy. You'll get a full range of muscle exercises: from shoulders, to back, to legs, to abs! Plus these workouts are about 30...

An excellent prenatal workout for the advanced exerciser
I am 20 weeks into my second pregnancy and I have started to get to the point where my typical pre-pregnancy workouts were starting to become too difficult. Around 5 years ago, the last time I was in the market for prenatal workouts, the selection was pretty dreary for the advanced exerciser (Lindsay Brin's Lindsay Brin's Complete Pregnancy 4-DVD Workout Set: Cardio, Toning PLUS Yoga was the only reasonable workout I could find). This workout is better.

I did not use the first trimester dvd because I did my regular workouts during the first trimester and up until around 19 weeks. I started this workout at the second timester.

This workout is suitable for the advanced exerciser who would like to remain in shape throughout her pregnancy. I would not recommend this to the person who has not been a consistent exerciser. This is a circuit-training workout with weights that works both upper...

Fun video! Gets you off the couch but not to straining!
I like these fun videos. I was looking for a way to workout while pregnant and the gym just didn't seem appealing to me (ie wearing tight spandex while I was pre-cute-baby-bump was just humiliating). So I looked for a fitness video I could do in my own home and feel comfortable. Joy is really a "joy" to work out with. She's young and hip but not annoying. She's fun to listen to and she keeps you going and encourages you without sounding like a Barbie doll or a drill sergeant. I felt like I was just working out with a friend. Also, the exercises to me, an athletic person seemed a little novice, but being pregnant my heart definitely was pumping hard to keep up. She does a lot of thigh, hip, buttock workouts to strength those muscles for labor and the day after I did the video my legs were soooo sore! She also makes you sit and do Kegels which I found helpful, because I forget to do them.

P.S. you'll need an exercise ball and some 5-8 lbs weights to play along.

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